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H04R 27/00 (2006.01) H04H 60/04 (2009.01) H03G 3/20 (2006.01) H03G 3/32 (2006.01) H03G 5/16 (2006.01) H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2048234
Microphones (38, 39) sample the sound output from the speakers (20-23) of a sound amplification system. The resulting time domain analog signals undergo a Fast Fourier Transform which yields frequency domain signals representative of the intensities of the frequency bands which compose the sound. The intensities or levels of each band are compared to stored permissible level limits for each frequency band. Attenuators (AF1-AF16) respond to signals indicative of band levels being exceeded by respectively attenuating the frequency bands to which they are tuned so the speaker output does not contain frequencies which exceed permissible limits. The time weighted permissible averages for each frequency are also integrated to provide for production of signals representative of the cumulative sound dosage. When total dosage is trending toward exceeding permissible limits for the time during which the listeners are expected to be listening, the cumulative dose signals operate another attenuator (115) to cause the volume emitted by the speaker to drop to a permissible level.
Lovejoy Controls Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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